SAN JOSE – An unhoused man who died following a brutal assault late final month at a Valley Transportation Authority mild rail station in North San Jose has been recognized as Michael Patrick Howard, the Santa Clara County Medical-Examiner’s Workplace mentioned.
The assault occurred Sept. 29 on the Gish station, positioned at East Gish Street and North First Road, based on the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Workplace. Deputies discovered Howard, 42, affected by severe head accidents.
An investigation decided Howard had been severely crushed. He was taken to an space hospital, the place he died Oct. 8.
Brandon Fryshaw, 23, was arrested in reference to the assault and booked into county jail.
He’s nonetheless being held with out bail on the Predominant Jail in San Jose, jail information confirmed.
Detectives are investigating Fryshaw’s connection to a separate assault, additionally in late September, of one other unhoused individual on the St. James mild rail station, based on the sheriff’s workplace.
